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Wednesday, 10/16: Scramble, Spelling, Vocab, Beetle

“Sentence Scramble, 10/16.” Be sure to capitalize and punctuate. More versions = more credit.

  • saw witches and devils
  • and fear lived
  • suddenly
  • everywhere
  • in every cottage
  • the whole village

What kind of sentence did you end up with? S? CD? CX?

“Spelling, 10/16.” Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.” NOT COLLABORATIVE! For #6, write the answer not the letter!

  1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) believeable  d) all correct
  2. a) insurance  b) security  c) seperately  d) all correct
  3. a) cooperation  b) maturaty  c) ignorance  d) all correct
  4. a) movable  b) narritive  c) creative  d) all correct
  5. “______ is bliss.” (Use a word from above.)
  6. The reason we drop the last e from a word like store  before we add an ending like age  is that… a) Store ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending age  also ends with an e.  c) The ending age  begins with a consonant  d) The ending age  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending age  begins with a vowel.

“Vocab, 10/16.” 
  
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, tumultuous, stanch, ebb, sham, enhance, staunch

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____ (Not enhance.)
  5. I’m not paranoid! I’m _____ about being apprehended!
  6. The fan ____(ed) her way into the sold-out concert by flirting with the security guard.
  7. I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.
  8. Since 1967, cigarette smoking has ___(ed) to its lowest rate ever.
  9. They had to close the gates to ____ the flow of llamas into the stadium.
  10. The root of this word meant “to seize or grasp.” (It shares this root with a similar-sounding word that means “to catch.” HINT HINT)
  11. The root of this word meant “noisy.”
  12. The roots of this word meant “to tangle or to plot.”
  13. The root of these words meant “watertight.”

“TmA, 10/16.”

  1. Why does Beetle put up with the boys’ taunting?
  2. Why do you think Beetle saved the cat? (Don’t say she felt sorry for it.)
  3. Why did Beetle cuss at the cat instead of talking nicely?
  4. Why do the villagers dislike Jane the Midwife? (She’s ______.)
  5. So why do they take that dislike out on Beetle instead?
  6. Why did the midwife make Beetle stay outside while she delivered the babies?
  7. What event prompted Beetle to start watching through the windows and learning from Jane?
  8. (Prediction.) What do you think our main conflict will be? What makes you think so?

 

Read Aloud. Chapters 4 and 5.   The Midwife’s Apprentice online link.

Tuesday, 10/15: Quarter Review, Spelling, Vocab, Beetle

 

“Review, 10/15.”

  1. We have three ______ in our class. (octopus)
  2. The upstairs library is a great place to quietly study with your llama.
    a) upstairs:     b) place:     c) quietly:     d) study:    e) with:
  3. us: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  4. Can you determine if this is a complex sentence? a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Simple  d) Compound  e) Complex
  5. Up, up, and away went my beautiful llama balloon.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Simple  d) Compound  e) Complex

“Spellling, 10/15.”  Write the incorrectly spelled word correctly, or if they are all correct, write “all correct.” NOT COLLABORATIVE! 

  1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) beleivable  d) all correct
  2. a) insurence  b) security  c) separately  d) all correct
  3. a) cooperation  b) moveable  c) ignorance  d) all correct
  4. a) maturity  b) narative  c) creative  d) all correct
  5. What is the rule that this week’s spelling words follow?
  6. Bonus: Find the other spelling mistake in this warm up.

“Vocab, 10/15.”
   
intrigue, benevolent, apprehensive, wheedle, sift, tumultuous, stanch, ebb, sham, enhance, staunch

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. nonchalant : apprehensive :: selfish : ____
  6. Third period tried to ______ Mr. Coward into postponing the assignment, but Denial is not just a river in Egypt.  (Bonus: What is this type of joke called?)
  7. We were ______(ed) by his mysterious-sounding voice.
  8. The murder mystery was full of _____ and twists and turns in the plot.
  9. The principal had to ____ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth.
  10. Interest in fidget spinners has ____(ed) considerably from its peak a few years ago.
  11. We were a little _____ when the pilot said it was his first flight.
  12. The prefix of this word means “good.” ___
  13. What do you call a fake stone in Ireland? A ____ rock! (LOL)

 

“”MwA Chapter 1, 10/15.”

  1. TMA is written in _____ person.
  2. What part of Plot Mountain are we on?
  3. When Brat fell asleep in the dung heap, what did she dream of?
  4. Why did the midwife take take Brat home with her?

Read aloud. Chapter 2, 3.  The Midwife’s Apprentice online link.

 

 

 

 

Could you handle it?

 

Monday, 10/14: Homework, Click It,

Advisory Schedule.

Copy Homework into Planner:

Click in Test #7 while I check KBAR charts.
Test Check Tomorrow.

“S? 10/14” Copy the bold-faced part and use the proper form of the verb.

  1. Neither Jack nor Jill understand(s) the danger of that hill.
  2. Both Jack and Jill know(s) what to do when a llama attacks.
  3. Either Jack or Jill is/are going to the party but not both.
  4. Whether Jack or Jill go(es) doesn’t matter to the llama.
  5. Whether Jack and Jill go(es) is not important.

The Midwife’s Apprentice

  • What is a midwife?
  • What is an apprentice?
  • 1300’s?

 

Thursday, 10/10: Gramma, Vocab + Relay, Goodbye Ponyboy

Tomorrow’s Test: S/CD/CX,  Quotes, Vocab, Outsiders. Preview after Period 4.

“S/CD/CX/ETC, 10/10.”

  1. A prepositional phrase always ends with a ___.
  2. A clause always has…
  3. I + I = CD.  What does the + represent?
  4. I + D = CX.  Give an example of D.
  5. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t.
  6. Even though he knew it was a mistake, the llama ate the doughnut.
  7. It seemed essential to eat broccoli, but I watched the llamas instead.
  8. Can you determine if this is a complex sentence?
  9. Zoltan forgot his wallet, so he couldn’t buy broccoli.
  10. In the beginning, there was nothing but llamas.

 

“Vocab, 10/10.”
   
derive, disreputable, validate, contrived, tantalize, dignity, relevant, skeptical, (in)competent, phenomenon, abide

5. Pokemon Live was a worldwide ____ for awhile.
6. I cannot _____ cheating in class. (Not validate.)
7. The root of this word was Latin for “bringing up a point.” _____
8. The root of this word meant “made legal.” _____
9. Ponyboy thought that the greasers should be treated with more _____ by the Socs; they were just as good as they were.
10. (3) We were very ____ about the plan _____  by the _____llama. We thought there was no way it would work.
11. Write a derivative of the word investigate. (Not a different tense!) _____

 

Outsiders.

Why is Two-Bit relieved when he sees Pony picking up the broken glass? (p172)

Reread the middle paragraph on p179. It’s the one that begins, “Tell Dally.” What is Pony’s purpose in writing this all down?

Plot Mountain?

  1. the fire in the church
  2. the greasers win the rumble
  3. Johnny and Dally die
  4. we find out that the book is Pony’s theme for English
  5. Johnny kills Bob
  6. the boys hide out in the church
  7. Ponyboy threatens the Socs
  8. Dally, Johnny, and Pony go to the movies
  9. Pony is in denial about Johnny’s death

 

Maybe??! IF you have your chromebook.

 

Outsiders Memes? Start a Google Doc. Find a pic and caption it meme stylie.

Alternative: Outsiders Pokemon Cards.

Possible Topics: The funny names.  Stay Gold.  Darry as Dad. Socs v Greasers and feelings or lack of.  Hair and haircuts. Fashion and coolness.  Johnny and Dally. Fire in the church. Living situation. Do it for Johnny. The rumble. Sunsets. Mustangs.